Which to use
“percées” and “perses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,905
- “percées” frequency rank
- #20,814
- “perses” frequency rank
- 48719
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | percées | perses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de percé. | Pluriel de perse. |
Where the eye mixes percées and perses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: percées vs perses
A purely visual mix-up. percées (\pɛʁ.se\) and perses (\pɛʁs\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48719, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
percées is recorded at frequency rank #27,905, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.se\. perses is at rank #20,814, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁs\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 48719, this pair ranks #176,579 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of percées vs perses
Shared letters: eprs. Private to "percées": cé. Private to "perses": -.
"percées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "perses" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- perses ← eprses · peress · perrses · persess · persses · pesres · pperses · preses
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "percées" and "perses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "percées" or "perses" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "percées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #176,579 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "percées" and "perses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perses vs pieuses". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #176,579 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.